Tuesday/Wednesday, January 9/10, 2018

Announcements and Reminders: If you did not receive the Book-of-the-Month Assignment, get it from Ms. Dorsey, or from the handouts file at the back of the room.  Or you can download it from here:    Jan BookoftheMonth 2018.docx _____________________________________ Sign up for your Book-of-the-Month, if you have chosen your book. Sign up by January 12 for full points.  ________________________________ If you are still looking for a book for the Book-of-the-Month, Mrs. Jones has two copies of Refugee.  Ask me about going down to pick one up.  -- The books have been claimed. JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world . . . ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America . . . MAHMOUD is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe . . .                                                _____________________________________ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Notice:  This is what to do if you received a poor grade on your notes from How They Croaked and the podcast:      If you were absent, see the blog post for that day, look at the If You Were Absent  box, and read the instructions for what you are to do.      If you were here when we did this in class, come to  Cave Time to do make-up work.     Cavetime this week: Tuesday -- Available Wednesday -- Enrichment only Thursday -- College Assembly for all 7th Graders Friday -- Available                                              * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * COLLEGE WEEK I earned an Associate's Degree from Ricks College, then a Bachelor's from BYU.

Targets for Today: Simplified:  ✣  I can read the historical fiction genre,  research using reliable nonfiction sources, and compare the fictional and nonfiction versions. ✣  I can read, research, and present. ✣  I can recognize and write complete, correct sentences. ✣  I can correctly spell commonly confused words.   Detailed Targets from the State Core:  Book-of-the-Month Utah State Core -- Reading: Literature Standard 9  Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period [or culture] as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history. ___________________________________ How They Croaked Teaching Assignment Writing Standard 7  Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation. Writing Standard 8  Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation. Speaking and Listening Standard 4  Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation. Speaking and Listening Standard 5 Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points.  Definition: salient = most noticeable or important _______________________ Quiz of the Week:   Conventions of Standard English Language Standard 1  Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. a.  Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences. b. Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas. Language Standard 2  Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Sign up for class jobs.     Sign up for the Book-of-the-Month if you have chosen a book         (due by January 12). 2. See a student sample for the Book of the Month:   Sample January/February Book of the Month 3. Receive the Conventions of the Week assignment.       You will take the quiz on January 16/17.      Subjects: creating complete sentences                    correctly spelling some commonly confused words 4. How They Croaked Assignment         You will be the Teacher!         Receive the assignment, read your chapter, and begin your slide show.         We will do these in class, so don't work too far ahead because you will                 receive extra instructions as we go.   How They Croaked Teaching Project Rubric.docx

If You Were Absent: See above.   Conventions of the Week #1A.docx

Vocabulary:

For Book-of-the-Month
The Basics About the Genre:   Historical Fiction
Lists of books:
Recommended Historical Fiction Books
Historical Fiction Books and Topics
Historical Fiction
More Recommendations for Historical Fiction



How They Croaked:
https://books.google.com/books?id=8ZKAtLkNAksC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Friday/Monday, January 5/8, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for January 5/8, 2018: No Cave Time January 3-5. Find your seat and pick up your composition book.                          A1/A2, if you still have your Cornell Notes page from last time,  please hand it in. B5/B7, if you haven't recycled your papers from last term, please do so. Go, Ricks College!!

Targets for Today: Reading: Literature Standard 9  Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history. Writing Standard 8  Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.

Today’s  Agenda for January 5/8, 2018: Find your seat and pick up your composition book. 1.  Write to a prompt in your composition book under Notes and QuickWrites. Label this with today's date and the title "History." What do you know about History?  Pick a time or event in history (or two-three of them), and write as much as you can of what you know about it.  Write at least a half page.  Here are some suggestions:  9-11 Ancient China Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Berlin Wall Black Plague Child Labor Civil Rights Movement Civil War Cold War Colonial America Dust Bowl Exploration Gold Rush Great Depression Holocaust Industrial Revolution Internment Camps Lewis and Clark Korean War Medieval (Middle Ages) Mountain Men Old West Oregon Pioneers Pearl Harbor Pilgrims Pirates Polar Exploration Pony Express Renaissance Revolutionary War Salem Witch Trials Utah Pioneers Vietnam War Westward Movement World War I World War II (What else should we add to this list?) With background music -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4GLAKEjU4w 2.  Book Pass --  Write down any titles you are interested in reading now or later.   Record any you might want to read in your composition book under "Books I Think I'd Like to Read,"  page 31. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Notice:  This is what to do if you received a poor grade on your notes from How They Croaked and the podcast:      If you were absent, see the blog post for that day, look at the  If You Were Absent   box, and read the instructions for what you are to do.      If you were here when we did this in class, come to Cave                                                    Time to do make-up work.                                                * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 3.  Media Center -- Take a pencil and your composition book so you can write down any titles you are interested in reading now or later.   Record any you might want to read in your composition book under "Books I Think I'd Like to Read,"  page 31. 4.  About Your Assignment:  Jan BookoftheMonth 2018.docx The Basics About the Genre:   Historical Fiction Lists of books: Recommended Historical Fiction Books Historical Fiction Books and Topics Historical Fiction More Recommendations for Historical Fiction Media Center Times: A1  9:10 A2  10:45 B5  9:10 B7   11:40/11:45  (then back to class)

If You Were Absent: For you to do: Complete the writing assignment.  Write it in your composition book or on a page you can tape into your composition book.  Study the information about the characteristics of  historical fiction and peruse the lists of historical fiction books.   Read through the January Book of the Month Assignment.  Get started reading!

Vocabulary: Historical Fiction: Useful and Reliable Source: Credible: Accurate: Paraphrase: Citation:

The Boy Who Dared
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
In October, 1942, seventeen-year-old Helmuth Hübener, imprisoned for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, recalls his past life and how he came to dedicate himself to bring the truth about Hitler and the war to the German people.  (Some students may be interested in the fact that this boy belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.)

The CRAAP Test

The CRAAP Test -- for finding reliable and useful sources

Currency

Relevancy

Authority

Accuracy

Purpose

Currency
How up-to-date is it?

 
Relevance
Is it what I need or want? Does it help me?

Authority

Who wrote or published this?
What makes them an expert? (Do they know what they're talking about?)

Accuracy

Is the information correct?
Can you verify it in more than one place?

Does it make sense?
Does what you're learning fit with what you already know to be true, or with what you've found in reliable sources?

and  

How well has it been edited?

Does it seem that someone cared enough to make it correct and readable?

Purpose
Why did they create this? to inform or teach? to persuade?  to sell? to entertain?
How biased is it?

Wednesday/Thursday, January 3/4, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for January 3/4, 2018:                           Happy New Year! No Cave Time this week. Find your seat and pick up your composition book.  On this day (January 4),  122 years ago, in 1896, Utah became the 45th state in the United States of America.

Targets for Today: I know the difference between nonfiction and fiction. I can take helpful notes while listening to nonfiction pieces. I can determine an author's tone (attitude toward what he or she is writing). I can determine central idea.

Today’s  Agenda: Find your seat and pick up your composition book.  1.  Writing:  Respond to this prompt by writing about a half page in your composition book under QuickWrites.   Label this with today's date and the title "See the Light." You could argue whether the quote is right or wrong.  You could give examples, state an opinion or observation, tell a brief story, write a poem, or respond in another way to the quote.   2.  Nonfiction and Fiction  -- What is the difference? Instructions for Cornell Notes: My Cornell Notes Name                                                              Date                      Subject Main topics/Key Words Notes and My Reactions (MR)                             [Identify Sources)  You will usually add these after you have taken notes on the other side of the page. → Because you will be taking these notes as you listen, make your notes brief, just jotting down key words, dates, phrases. You could use abbreviations. You could sketch a quick picture. You could use symbols that mean something to you. If you have a question about something, add a question mark.  If you are surprised by something, add an exclamation mark.    Summary of what I learned and thought:  (A summary is not required today.) Central Idea:  (Required for this assignment.)   A central idea will be a complete sentence, but not a question, and will include the topic (subject) and what the author is saying about it.   As you listen, watch for repeated words and ideas to help you determine what the central idea is.  I am grading your notes pages on a ✔ for full points (5),  ✔ + adds a point, ✔- subtracts a point or two. A. Nonfiction       1) Example --  Introduction and Chapter from the book  How They Croaked --              (Did not read intro with B5 -- Did I read it to A2?)  Your job -- Take notes. (Cornell Notes)  Determine what the author's tone is. Figure out what the central idea is.        2)   Example -- from a recent podcast from NPR          Your job -- Take notes.   (Cornell Notes)  Determine what the author's tone is. Figure out what the central idea is. http://kuer.org/post/holiday-special-chocolate-cinnamon-bear#stream/0 B.  Fiction -- Historical Fiction        Looking at historical fiction books. Record any you might want to read in your composition book under "Books I Think I'd Like to Read,"  page 31.

If You Were Absent: See above. Things for you to do: 1. Ask me right away for a set of hall pass requests. 2. Write the half-page response to the prompt.  You could argue whether the quote is right or wrong.  You could give examples, state an opinion or observation, tell a brief story, write a poem, or respond in another way to the quote. 3. At home, listen to the podcast from NPR, taking Cornell Notes on it, and writing a central idea for it at the bottom of the page provided.  My Cornell Notes.docx 4.  If you have not already selected a historical fiction book for your January book project,  look through these suggested titles. See the information about Historical Fiction, then scroll down to see the book titles.  Historical Fiction

Vocabulary: Fiction: literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people. (Although we now have authors who write fiction in poetic form, such as in the books Out of the Dust and Witness.)  -- Google Definition, adapted Nonfiction: prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history. (Some nonfiction is written now in the form of poetry.) -- Google Definition, adapted Historical Fiction: a story is made up but is set in the past and borrows true characteristics of the time period in which it is set  -- from http://www.yourdictionary.com/historical-fiction  Tone: is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. The tone can be formal, informal, serious, comic, sarcastic, sad, or cheerful, or it may be any other existing attitude.   from https://literarydevices.net/tone/ Central Idea: The topic plus what the author is saying about the topic in non-fiction. -- Mr. Gillis

Historical Fiction

About Historical Fiction

Suggested books:
Cinnamon Moon by Tess Hilmo
     This historical fiction novel is set right after the Great Chicago Fire.  Most people have never heard of the Peshtigo, Wisconsin Fire which took place on the same day, and took many more lives.  The protagonists of this novel are a brother and sister whose family died in the Peshtigo fire,  so they are sent to live in a boarding house (with a rather cruel landlady) in Chicago.  As they try to find a new home, they also have to save a young friend. 

Irena's Children: Young Readers Edition; A True Story of Courage  by Mary Cronk Farrell

Recommended Historical Fiction Books 

http://bookgirl3.tripod.com/historicalfiction.html

More Historical Fiction

Book of the Month Assignment: 

Monday/Tuesday, April 18/19, 2016

also poem -- alliteration

Race for the Sky: The Kitty Hawk Diaries o...

Summary

Johnny Moore lives in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century. He is there to witness the Wright brothers make history by becoming the first people to fly. But Johnny's life changes years before the dramatic first flight, when his mama gives him a blank book and tells him to write in it. At first, Johnny doesn't think he has anything interesting to write about in his journal. When he does put his pencil to the paper, his spelling and grammar are terrible. But pretty soon some "dingbatters" from Ohio, called the Wright brothers, breeze into town and Johnny starts to have more of a story to tell. Before he knows it, he is writing every day, telling about helping the Wrights build their flying machine. Over the course of three years, he forms a friendship with the odd brothers from Ohio, improves his writing and grammar quite a bit, and if he waits long enough, he might even get to fly!

Author: Gutman, Dan